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WoW Open Beta SOON!
- Thread starter AeroGod
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krypt0nian
Banned
I'm anxious to get back to the World.
Outdoor Miner
Member
It's coming in November... SUCK IT DOWN DOUBTERS!!!
MrAngryFace
Banned
I will try and get in cause it looks awesomez
Outdoor Miner
Member
To all the idiots that paid $300+ for a beta account post-ST... AHAHAHAHA :lol
Edit- I'll also take this moment to say I hate a good portion of beta testers who I knew were going to bitch at the announcement.
Edit- I'll also take this moment to say I hate a good portion of beta testers who I knew were going to bitch at the announcement.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
Excellent. It'll be nice to play this a bit more (or a lot more) before it hits retail.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
That sucks. WoW isn't for ready for retail.... And from the recent QA, and now the open beta announcement, it seems like they are rushing the release a bit. Not like I won't buy it though.
Cerebral Palsy said:
Oh, c'mon. =P Half the closed beta board is saying this too, and it's silly. (And some of their comments are really self-centered and annoying too. Not saying you are doing this Cerebral Palsy, but many of them are like "Waaaah, I don't want my characters [that i've been f'in lucky enough to have been playing for free since feburary] to be wiped and there to be an influx of new people!!" God >_<)
Anyway, this game has been in development FOREVER. How much longer do you want it to be pushed back?
The developers are currently working 15 hours a day 7 days a week. They will continue to do this throughout open beta. Hell, they will continue to do this after the actual CDs are pressed and up until launch day (when there will be a patch).
The game is ALREADY better than any MMO out there. Now also take into account what I just said above, and that the game probably won't be out for another 40 days.
DSN2K said:getting bored and stuck now....
its taking forever to level up and the new quests are too hard for my level.... little confused as this is my first time playing this sort of game.
Sorry to hear it man, but don't give up on it! Maybe try a new class? Try exploring and finding a new area? If some quests are too hard, don't be afraid to try out grouping - it's a big focus in games like this
(Though WoW has the best soloing in any MMO I've played)Although if you want to take a break from the game until open beta, I'd be happy to keep your account warm for you.
Banjo Tango
Member
So how has the download worked in the past? Do we get it through Blizzard's site? A torrent? Fileplanet?
(Please don't say Fileplanet)
(Please don't say Fileplanet)
Son of Godzilla
Banned
DS2 what lvl/faction are you? Honestly, there is only one place you should get stuck (Which is unfortunately very early), at lvl 9-11. I've hit a brick wall at that point with every single character except for tauren. Dwarves/Gnomes *should* have an easier time too, but I haven't made any.
I'm probably not gonna play the open, especially if they do a wipe before it.
Edit: The entire client is on a torrent.
I'm probably not gonna play the open, especially if they do a wipe before it.
Edit: The entire client is on a torrent.
sasimirobot
Junior Member
Is this only for the US? Whould I be able to play in Japan?
DSN2K said:getting bored and stuck now....
its taking forever to level up and the new quests are too hard for my level.... little confused as this is my first time playing this sort of game.
I'm thinking the game is just not for you... some like MMO's, some don't. This one's leveling pace is actually faster than most others. Quests are easy to do when you do them in a group, try that. Or you could try joining a guild.
Littleberu
Banned
Cerebral Palsy said:
It's the same thing for every damn MMORPG to date. What would be the point to release all in Closed Beta, and without new content for the retail?
Head to the dwarf lands and the night elf lands and do some of their starting quest. You don't have to stay in the human lands. That's why they have gryphons. Don't be afraid to run to new areas. For instance take a trip to Ironforge and then run to Loch Modan. There should be plenty of quest there for you. That should get you high enough to do the quest in Westfall.
Cerebral Palsy said:
Ugh, I played the game on the Stress Test and I felt THEN it was ready (and I was playing a damn Warlock). The devs said that there are at least 2 patches before open beta, and then who knows how many fixes between open beta and release. And even after the game goes gold I'm sure there will be a patch to download when we first sign on.
The people in beta seem to be getting this selfish tone to them... like if they don't get what they want it's Blizzard's or Viv's fault. Blizzard is "rushing" it because not all the whiny players get more power for the char. :\
Also, I think open beta will be better for the game. The beta testers are getting stuck in this rut and they are nitpicking every little thing and if they dont get what they want then blizzard is wrong, they suxxor and they are being "pressured" :\ (give me a break). They need some new blood that will look at this game as a whole, not piece by piece as a lot of alpha / beta testers have seen.
What I played was stable, bugless and FUN! It was more polished than a lot of OFFLINE PC games. I want to play more of this! I want to start leveling my character NOW. I don't care if weather isnt finished. I dont care if Hero Classes aren't in. I have faith those will come in time, for now I just want to PLAY it.
Banjo Tango
Member
Is the client still available through torrent? If we're interested in playing in the open beta, should we go ahead and download it now?
And if so... anyone have a link?
And if so... anyone have a link?
Banjo Tango said:
You can only download it if you are in the beta. So no.
Anyways, Im pretty sure Open Beta will be thorugh torrent just like closed beta. Who knows though, maybe they will hook up with fileplanet again. Too early to tell. ALOT of people will be downloading this though. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if it went to fileplanet again, only this time it would probably be open to all and not just subscribers.
Littleberu
Banned
You could find the 0.11 beta on the interweb easilly.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Razoric said:
Congrats. What you played no longer exists. Crashed to desktop a whopping 15 times yesterday in about 5-6 hours of play. You seem to be ignoring that something like 3000 beta testers were added within a month. And don't dismiss people as just whining about their classes. Right now there are some serious problems not only with stability of the game, but the enjoyability of it for certain classes with the changes they've implemented since ST.
Littleberu
Banned
commish said:
It's Blizzard.
ohmygodohmygodohmygod
I can't wait to get back in, even for a bit. I'm in such denial I haven't even uninstalled the ST.
I got an undead warrior, a night elf hunter and a gnome mage up to lvl 12+ so I'm not sure what I'll want to do this time. I dabbled with a Tauren druid and that was fun, I might try another druid and get those transformation skills I couldn't reach last time. My necromancer was only lvl 3 (I started it like 2 hours before the ST ended) but that was fun too.
I can't wait to get back in, even for a bit. I'm in such denial I haven't even uninstalled the ST.
I got an undead warrior, a night elf hunter and a gnome mage up to lvl 12+ so I'm not sure what I'll want to do this time. I dabbled with a Tauren druid and that was fun, I might try another druid and get those transformation skills I couldn't reach last time. My necromancer was only lvl 3 (I started it like 2 hours before the ST ended) but that was fun too.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
There is still major class balancing to be done. I don't even think Hunters have their talents yet. And I don't know about other classes, but the Rogue's Combat talent tree is screwed beyond belief. The horde side of the game isn't half as polished as the alliance side is quest wise etc. Quests are very lacking in highend zones, some of which were only recently added to the game. Itemization also needs to be reworked in a lot of these zones, as do item stats in general. It's rediculous when half of the time green items are just as good as blue items for the same level range. The PVP system, as Blizzard intended, isn't even in the game yet. Blah Blah Blah.
Well, earth to you, adding Warlock talents, as will Hunter talents, brought on a whole new set of balance problems. It's great you got to play the game for a whole week, but I still have to disagree that it is ready for release at this point.
Meh, we'll see how the next two patches go.
Well, earth to you, adding Warlock talents, as will Hunter talents, brought on a whole new set of balance problems. It's great you got to play the game for a whole week, but I still have to disagree that it is ready for release at this point.
Meh, we'll see how the next two patches go.
Littleberu
Banned
akascream said:
Ordinn on WoW Boards said:
Tadam.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
I crash at least 5 times a day running through IronForge alone, and I don't spend that much time there. And those aren't the only crashes.
Hunters and Palidins still don't have talents. Warlocks have 2 out of the 3 trees of talents, and the existing 2 need to be, and will be reworked. Warlocks still don't have all thier pets.
A big part of the hunter class are beast abilities they can train thier pets.. not sure if more are planned but they only have 4 that I've seen so far. Also, afaik, level 30-60 skills aren't even in, just new ranks for older skills. I want to remember blue text on all skills not being in the game yet.
PvP isn't in yet, nor tested.
Horde quests are pretty bad.. some zones are just empty (ashenvale horde cities are ghost towns), stonetalon was pretty boring. Thousand needles finally has quests but every one needs rewards.
Read my post. I said its not ready for retail. Obviously there will be more patches and an open beta process before the game goes gold.
A big part of the hunter class are beast abilities they can train thier pets.. not sure if more are planned but they only have 4 that I've seen so far. Also, afaik, level 30-60 skills aren't even in, just new ranks for older skills. I want to remember blue text on all skills not being in the game yet.
PvP isn't in yet, nor tested.
Horde quests are pretty bad.. some zones are just empty (ashenvale horde cities are ghost towns), stonetalon was pretty boring. Thousand needles finally has quests but every one needs rewards.
Read my post. I said its not ready for retail. Obviously there will be more patches and an open beta process before the game goes gold.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
Littleberu said:
Because patches are always perfect, always fix every known issue in the game, and never introduce new problems.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Littleberu said:
Blizzard, who had to wait almost two years for people to find out for themselves that there were major bugs with the character statistics shown in Diablo II.